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"Sam Poo was a Chinese bushranger in Australia who was active in the Coonabarabran region of New South Wales during 1865. Biography Poo (nicknamed 'Cranky Sam') was a Chinese emigrant to Australia during the Gold Rush, but instead of mining took to highway robbery on the road between Gulgong and Mudgee. A skilled and elusive bushman, he evaded capture from the authorities for several weeks. He often targeted solitary travellers on foot, both East Asians and Europeans, and was also responsible for the rape of a settler's wife. On 3 February 1865, Senior Constable John Ward of the New South Wales Police Force was returning to Coonabarabran from a prisoner escort to Mudgee. Near the locality known as Barney's Reef he was informed that a Chinese man had been robbing passing travellers in the vicinity, and was nearby in the scrub. Following a short search, Ward located the offender's camp and approached him. When the offender saw the constable he dived into the bush. A long foot chase ensued, during which the pursued shot the constable in the chest, mortally wounding him. The murderer was later identified as Poo. Two weeks after the incident, Poo was finally tracked down. When confronted by police troops he attempted to escape, but was shot in the thigh.http://hillendfamilyhistory.com/bushrangers/sam.php Continuing to fire from the ground, he was finally subdued, and taken to a prison hospital in Mudgee. When he recovered nine months later, he was taken to Bathurst, where he was tried by Judge Edward Hargreaves and hanged on 19 December 1865. Notes References *Anonymous 'New South Wales News'. The Brisbane Courier, 30 December 1865, p. 5, column 5. *Noonan, Rodney. The Journal of Australian Studies. "Wild Cathay Boys: Chinese Bushrangers in Australian History and Literature." *Police Deaths in NSW at www.policensw.com *Curious Clippings at South Australian Police Historical Society Bushrangers 1865 deaths Australian outlaws Executed Australian people People executed by New South Wales Australian people convicted of murdering police officers Chinese emigrants to Australia Chinese people convicted of murdering police officers Chinese people executed abroad People convicted of murder by New South Wales People executed for murdering police officers Executed Chinese people People executed by Australian Colonies by hanging Year of birth unknown Chinese-Australian history 1838 births "
"CJBK is a radio station, broadcasting in London, Ontario, Canada at 1290 kHz. The station, owned by Bell Media, has an antenna system input power of 10,000 watts, as a class B station. The station airs a news, talk and sports format. It broadcasts the Western Ontario Mustangs college football team, serving as its flagship station. As of 2016, it also broadcasts Toronto Maple Leaf games. Minor co-channel interference is common on CJBK at night from WHIO in Dayton, Ohio, which also broadcasts on 1290 AM (1290 kHz). History CJBK went on the air January 25, 1967 as CJOE. "JOE" in the call letters stood for H. J. McManus, the founder of the station (under the banner of Middlesex Broadcasters, Ltd.). The station originally featured a Beautiful Music format. Eventually CJOE began to supplement the easy listening music with soft rock and then Top 40 music during the evening hours, but the station remained unprofitable. In 1972, McManus sold the station to Rick Richardson (two-thirds Baron Communications, Ltd. and one-third Bruce Communications, Ltd.). On September 6, 1972, Richardson took control of CJOE and changed the call letters to CJBK and the format to full-time Top 40 hit music. Richardson wanted a "CJ" call sign to distinguish the new AM 1290 from its competitors CFPL and CKSL, but it has also been suggested (by who?) that the CJBK calls were a personal tribute to former Detroit Top 40 station WJBK-AM, which had been a favourite station of Richardson's while he lived and worked in Windsor. CJBK's main catchphrase in the 1970s was "Have a Good Day!" In 1980, CJBK added an FM sister with country-formatted CJBX-FM 92.7. In 1987, CJBK and CJBX were acquired by Middlesex-Lambton Broadcasters Ltd., and CJBK shifted from its CHR format to adult contemporary in August of that year. The station began broadcasting in AM stereo in 1989. In early 1992, the station changed format from AC to oldies. London Communications, Inc. acquired CJBK and CJBX in September 1993 and shifted CJBK from oldies to the current news/talk format on August 12, 1996. The stations were sold again in 1999 to Telemedia, which already owned AC CIQM-FM and would purchase CKSL the following year. Standard Radio acquired Telemedia's London stations in 2002. In October 2007, Astral Media acquired Standard Broadcasting's terrestrial radio and television assets, including CJBK. As part of Astral's merger with Bell Media on June 27, 2013, CJBK is owned by Bell Media. Morning host Steve Garrison had been a fixture on CJBK since the late 1970s. After a stint as station promotion manager, Garrison became a mid-day DJ in January 1984, and began co-hosting a morning show in 1990 with future CBC News anchor Heather Hiscox. After moving back to middays for a few years, he began hosting his current morning show when the news/talk format was adopted in 1996. In December 2015 Bell Media let the London radio icon go as part of a company-wide restructuring. Starting in mid-2014 after the Bell Media purchase, CJBK began airing newscasts from the CTV London newsroom and simulcasting the audio from the flagship 6pm CTV News. The station currently features live local talk shows with Ken Eastwood and Stephanie Vivier in the morning, Tom McConnell between 9 and noon (from sister station 610 CKTB in St. Catharines), London Lunch from 12pm to 12:30 pm, and Ask The Experts from 12:30 pm to 1pm and TKO with Kara Ro from 1pm to 2pm from sister station 800 CKLW AM in Windsor. CTV News Room from 4pm to 5pm. Power Play with Don Martin from 5pm to 6pm and CTV News London from 6pm to 7pm and other syndicated shows at night CJBK also broadcasts live sports, Western Ontario Mustangs football and NFL Football. On evenings and weekends, the station carries a variety of news-talk programming from other Bell Media stations including CFRB in Toronto, CJAD in Montreal, and CFRA in Ottawa. References External links * Newstalk 1290 CJBK Jbk Jbk Jbk Radio stations established in 1967 1967 establishments in Ontario "
"William Richardson (May 8, 1839 – March 31, 1914) was an American politician and lawyer. Born in Athens, Alabama to William Richardson and Anne Davis, Richardson served in the Civil War, fighting for the Confederacy. Civil War Richardson enlisted in Co. K, 50th Regiment Alabama Infantry50th Infantry Regiment was organized at Corinth, Mississippi, in March, 1862, by consolidating the 2nd and 5th (Golladay's) Alabama Infantry Battalions which were recently recruited. Originally mustered into Confederate service as the 26th (Coltart's) Regiment, its designation was changed to 50th in June, 1863. and was wounded in the battle of Shiloh and was taken prisoner. He escaped from prison, was caught, and about to be shot as a spy at Murfreesboro when "on the morning air there came to our ears with heartfelt welcome the famous rebel yell," and General Forrest with his "critter company" rescued him. This account is given in Andrew Nelson Lytle's Bedford Forrest and His Horse Critters. William then joined Company E of the 50th Alabama Infantry Regiment, and was again wounded at Chickamauga. He was paroled in April 1865 in Marietta, Georgia."The Lure and Lore of Limestone County," by Chris Edwards and Faye Axford, (Tuscaloosa, AL: Limestone County Historical Society, 1978), page 11; "To Lochaber Na Mair": Southerners View the Civil War," (Athens, AL: Athens Publishing Co., 1986), Page 214n. Political office After the war, Richardson returned to Limestone County and served in the Alabama House of Representatives between 1865 and 1867 from that district. He studied law and was admitted to the bar at Huntsville in 1867. Between 1875 and 1886, he served as judge of the probate and county courts of Madison County. Richardson played a major role in the election of George Smith Houston as governor the next year. He was a delegate to the Democratic National Convention in 1904. He was elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-sixth congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Joseph Wheeler. He was reelected to the Fifty- seventh and to the six succeeding Congresses. He served until his death."Biographical directory of the United States Congress." Personal life Richardson married his cousin, Elizabeth Rucker, of Lynchburg, Virginia in 1872, and they were the parents of five children. Richardson was often troublesome to the Union victors after the Civil War. He was wanted by the North, but was never caught. Once, he tarred and feathered a Union carpetbagger, tied him to his horse, and dragged him through the streets of Huntsville. He later ran to a cave and hid for about a year. Soon after, he was elected to the House. Richardson was also very large. He was considered a giant by many people of the time period. Portraits of him exist which depict him seated on a large horse with his feet nearly touching the ground. Though his actual height was never recorded, he was said to be somewhere between 6' 9" and 7' 2". Richardson died on March 31, 1914 in Atlantic City, New Jersey, where he had gone for his health, and is buried in Maple Hill Cemetery in Huntsville.Congressional Biography. See also *List of United States Congress members who died in office (1900–49) Notes References Retrieved on 2008-02-14 * Kestenbaum, Lawrence. The Political Graveyard. Accessed December 5, 2006. External links * Encyclopedia of Alabama William N. Richardson, late a representative from Alabama, Memorial addresses delivered in the House of Representatives and Senate frontispiece 1915 1839 births 1914 deaths 19th-century American politicians Alabama Democrats Alabama lawyers Confederate States Army soldiers Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives Members of the Alabama House of Representatives Members of the United States House of Representatives from Alabama People from Athens, Alabama Politicians from Huntsville, Alabama Lawyers from Huntsville, Alabama "